Just curious. My wife asked me after the game what my preseason pick was for the regular season and I told her 10-6. I actually thought it would be more like 9-7 but I felt optimistic in saying 10-6, assuming Matt Flynn was going to work out for us like we hoped. I had no idea of who Russell Wilson even was, LOL.

How did you do?

There are three certainties in life. Death, taxes and the perpetual shuffling of the Seattle Seahawks offensive line.

I told my friend who is a 49ers fan early, maybe week 3 or 4 we would win 11 games. Although he does not frequent the forums I reminded him on this last Thursday that if the Hawks won this weekend we would get the 11 wins and he conceeded.

A whole bunch of people picked 11-5, but in picking the games themselves, I'll bet everyone was wrong after the first 3 games.

It was considered consensus that we would win against the Cards if we were a good team, but lose if we were a bad team. If we were meant to be a good team wins over Dallas and GB were predicted. Meant to be a bad team meant all 3 were considered losses.

I said 10-6, with our wins and losses opposite of what actually happened, 5th playoff spot. Russell Wilson was going to start, Irvin would have 9 sacks, and Lynch would have a great year. We would have a Top 5 D. I also said Jason Jones was going to be a beast for us, but... well that obviously didn't happen.

----------------------------"Plus I hate the seattle stadium the **** place is too loud, gave me a headache watchin the game." ~ Some 9er fan

I picked 11 - 5 but the games we lost weren't even close to the ones I chose; e.g.: counted Green Bay and the Pats as losses and didn't figure to lose to the Cards and Rams first time around. Or any time around I suppose. Crazy but great outcome for the regular season. Now comes haymaking time.

Before the season started, I told any one of my friends and acquaintances who would listen that the Hawks would go 11-5 or 10-6 and grab a Wild Card spot. When I had to pick one, I went with 10-6 as to not sound like a homer even though I truly believed in 11-5. I'll never doubt myself like that again, that was the lessen there.

As far as predicting the individual games goes, that was a lot more difficult. I didn't keep track or predict in any of the threads, although I plan on doing so next season, but I feel like we won some games I thought we'd drop and visa versa.

Congrats to all the people who picked 11-5, that's pretty awesome. You guys n gals had the faith to believe that the team would improve by 4 wins, and they did. Live it up, a cheers to you.

I have to say kudos to the majority of us that picked 11-5. I was thinking 10-6 but I felt 9-7 was more realistic. What is funnyis that the Hawks did the opposite of what we as fans thought would happen. But if you told me we would have 11 wins at the start of the season ( and a lot of you did!) I would be thrilled.

I'm taking a step back and I'm feeling very satisfied with the season were having considering we werent supposed to really start making a run until next season.

Seahawk Sailor wrote:1 Sun, Sep 9 @ Arizona Cardinals W - Arizona just doesn't have the offense to contend with our defense.2 Sun, Sep 16 vs Dallas Cowboys W - Home opener is going to be a huge advantage, especially with as stoked as the fan base is this year.3 Mon, Sep 24 vs Green Bay Packers L - Close, high-scoring game, but a letdown after a huge win the week before.4 Sun, Sep 30 @ St. Louis Rams W- Rams offense is going to meet our defense just when they are starting to click.5 Sun, Oct 7 @ Carolina Panthers W - Good road test, and our defense and offense steps up to the job.6 Sun, Oct 14 vs New England Patriots - L New England is not going to be the juggernaut they have been in recent memory, but they win this in a tough fought game.7 Thu, Oct 18 @ San Francisco 49ers L - On the road against one of the toughest defenses proves to be an emotional learning experience.8 Sun, Oct 28 @ Detroit Lions - L - The Lions are a solid team, and will be just a little better at home, giving us back-to-back-to-back losses and a whole lot of soul searching.9 Sun, Nov 4 vs Minnesota Vikings W - Our defense will eat their offense alive, and our offense will be out to prove something in front of the home crowd.10 Sun, Nov 11 vs New York Jets W- The Jets will be a lot worse than people think, and our defense will feast on whoever they have riding the quarterback carousel by then.11 Bye - A much needed rest late in the year.12 Sun, Nov 25 @ Miami Dolphins W - We will be rejuvenated against a bad team with a lot of problems on offense. 13 Sun, Dec 2 @ Chicago Bears L - The Bears will be a tough road test that we come up just short in. 14 Sun, Dec 9 vs Arizona Cardinals W - The Cardinals' defense will not maintain their strength after carrying the offense all year. 15 Sun, Dec 16 @ Buffalo Bills W - An indoor game in Toronto won't give them nearly the home field advantage they need. 16 Sun, Dec 23 vs San Francisco 49ers W - We rebound at home to avoid the sweep and take a huge bite out of their hopes to win the division.17 Sun, Dec 30 vs St. Louis Rams W - At home against the Rams to close out the division and playoff position will set things up for a huge game.

FINAL RECORD: 11-5 PLACE IN DIVISION: 1st, a game ahead of SF, and the number 3 seed in the playoffs.

But for that tie!

"The ultimate number is W's, and that’s what matters in Santa Clara. As such, Jed York does not own the 49ers; Russell Wilson does." - Paul Gutierrez

Like a lot of folks I said 10-6 but I also said tied for first in the division figuring the Whiners would slip due to their having nearly no injuries last year. I do think they'll slip a bit next year though.

I can't clearly remember, but I believe I picked us to go 11-5 for the season. It was mostly homeristic optimism speaking, but I do believe I stated 11-5 in that thread.

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MontanaHawk05 wrote:I'm going to call Sarlacc83 the winner. Got the record right, correctly predicted 12 of the games (who predicted we'd lose to MIA but beat CHI?), and came closest to calling it second in the division.

It's kind of funny that I was 9-7 in the Aros threads, given my original predictions. If I'd switched around the win and losses to SF, I'd have been right 14 times (and I would have nailed when everything went wrong for Seattle in the SF game, too.) Ah well.